Royal Caribbean Announces Short Caribbean Cruises ...

Royal Caribbean is continuous to roll out their cruise ship deployments for 2026-2027 as they only launched their new, brief cruises to the Caribbean.

Royal Caribbean can have 11 cruise ships crusing two- to five-night cruises to the Caribbean in 2026-2027 from 5 ports within the U.S.

These new cruises embody year-round, summer season and winter itineraries. Here’s a take a look at Royal Caribbean’s brief Caribbean getaways that have been introduced at the moment.

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Royal Caribbean can have three cruise ships crusing brief cruises to the Caribbean year-round. 

Utopia of the Seas will proceed to supply three- and four-night cruises from Port Canaveral with all sailings visiting Excellent Day at CocoCay.

Surprise of the Seas and Freedom of the Seas will provide cruises from Miami.  Surprise of the Seas will sail three- and four-cruise with Freedom of the Seas providing four- and five-night voyages.

Summer season Cruises

Three ships will provide summer season sailings from Galveston, Tampa and Fort Lauderdale.

Mariner of the Seas will homeport in Galveston, Texas crusing four- and five-night cruises to the Western Caribbean. Port stops on these cruises embody Cozumel and Costa Maya.

Rhapsody of the Seas will sail from Tampa Florida on four- and five-night voyages to the Western Caribbean. The ship will go to Cozumel and Costa Maya, Mexico.

Grandeur of the Seas will provide cruises from Fort Lauderdale. The ship will sail three- and four-night cruises to The Bahamas and Key West. The vessel will go to Royal Caribbean’s personal island, CocoCay.

Winter Cruises

5 Royal Caribbean ships will provide seasonal brief cruises to the Caribbean/Bahamas in the course of the winter of 2026-2027.

Liberty of the Seas will sail from Galveston on four- and five-night cruises to the Western Caribbean. The ship will go to two ports in Mexico, Cozumel and Costa Maya.

Concord of the Seas will provide a wide range of two-, four-, five- and seven-night cruises to the Japanese Caribbean from Port Canaveral. The ship will go to the next ports: St. Thomas, Falmouth and CocoCay.

Explorer of the Seas will even sail from Port Canaveral on four- and five-night cruises to the Japanese and Western Caribbean. Sailings to the Japanese Caribbean will go to Nassau and CocoCay whereas the Western Caribbean cruises will cease at Puerto Plata and Cozumel.

Imaginative and prescient of the Seas will provide brief three- and four-night cruise to The Bahamas and Key West. The ship will cease at CocoCay, Bimini and Key West.

Oasis of the Seas will homeport in Fort Lauderdale crusing three- and four-night cruises to The Bahamas. The ship will go to Nassau and CocoCay on these sailings.

Royal Caribbean’s most loyal friends, Crown & Anchor Society members, can e-book these cruises forward of the official opening on February 27, 2025.

To see the entire cruise line’s opening deployment schedule for 2026-2027, you’ll be able to see the list here.